DANAHER & NYHOLM ON AUTOMATION AND ACHIEVEMENT This brings us to…

Question Answered step-by-step DANAHER & NYHOLM ON AUTOMATION AND ACHIEVEMENT This brings us to…  DANAHER & NYHOLM ON AUTOMATION AND ACHIEVEMENTThis brings us to another argument about the impact of automation on achievement. A non-lucky causal contribution to an output is, as noted earlier, a relevant variable when it comes to assessing achievements. But again, almost by necessity, one of the things that automating technologies tend to do is to sever the causal connection between human activity and outputs. This is because automating technologies are introduced primarily to shift labour (physical or cognitive) from humans to machines. The classic case is that of the manufacturing robot that takes over the physical tasks of producing an industrial output such as an automobile. This manufacturing robot severs the connection between human workers and that output. The result is that the human workers can no longer claim a direct, non-lucky, causal role in producing the output that was previously earmarked as their achievement. This severing of the causal connection could be compensated for if the humans were given other, more valuable, things to do but, as per the previous arguments, this is may not be true for the majority of workers.  Convert this argument into standard form, Premise 1, 2 ….and Conclusion.   Arts & Humanities Philosophy PHIL 101 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)